Harvester attachment for raising and saving down grain.



No. 733,442. PATENTED JULY 14, 1903.

W. M W'ADLEIGH. HARVESTER ATTACHMENT FOR RAISING AND SAVING DOWN GRAIN..

APPLIGATIQZE FILED AUG. 11, 1902.

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ATENT HARVESTER ATTACHMENT FORRAISING AND SAVING DOWN GRAIN.

sPEGIFICA'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 733,442, dated July14, 1903.

Application filed August 11, 1902. Serial No. 119,220. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known, that 1, WILLIAM M. WADLEIGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residingin Milks Grove, in the county of Iroquois and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HarvesterAttachments for Raising and Saving Down Grain, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to harvesters, reapers, and other machines forcutting grains, seedgrasses, and other crops.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment or device of astrong, simple, efficient, and durable construction capable of beingconveniently and quickly applied to or removed from the ordinary orcustomary constructions of harvesters and other machines now in use andby means of which such machines will be rcndered capable of cutting andsaving down, lodged, or crinkled grains or crops.

Myinvention consists in the novel construction of parts and devices andin the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown ordescribed, and particularly set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a plan view of the device embodying my invention, showing,however, onlyaportion of the finger: bar of the ordinary harvester orother machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the finger-bar incross-section. Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal section throughthe upper or elevating arm of the elevating-guard. Fig. 4 is across-section on line .l: t of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, A represents the fingerbar of an ordinary harvester orother machine; B, the sickle; C, the sickle-bar; D, the ordinaryfinger-guards, within which the sickle reciprocates, and F F are theelevatingguards, the same being attached, preferably, to the finger-barat each alternate fingerguard, although a greater or less number may beused. Each of the elevating-guards comprises a lower or supporting arm Fand a pivoted and adjustable elevating-arm F. The rigid unyielding loweror supporting arm F has a socket or recess f to receive the fingerguardbetween its upper and lower integral forks or straps f f the same beingsecured rigidly to the sickle-bar by a bolt f having a threaded nut f.The supporting-arm Fis' preferably made of malleable iron and its upperstrap or fork f sufficiently light, that it may be readily bent toproperly fit the fingerguards o'f difierent styles of machines, so thatthe elevating guard as a whole may be readily removed from and attachedto any kind of machine. The lower or supporting arm F projects forwardlyand downwardly from the finger-guard and is provided at its front endwith an incline or taperf giving the extreme front end of thesupporting-arm a slant or runner shape to prevent the guard penetratingor projecting into the ground, while permitting it to ride directly uponthe ground and under the down grain or crop which it is desired to outand save. The upper or elevating arm F of the elevating-guard ispivotally connected at its front' end with the front end or nose of thelower or supporting arm F by a pivot f and it is adjusted at any desiredangle or elevation by means of a sliding spring lock-boltf whichreciprocates in a suitable slot f in the elevating-arm F and whichengages notches or recesses f in the upright web F of the lower orsupporting arm F, with which said arm F is provided at its frontportion. Thefront end of the elevating-arm F has a slotf to receive thisupright web F A spring f holds the bolt in engagement with the notches.The lockbolt f has on its under side a projection f to form a handle forretracting it.

While the nose or frontend F of the fingerguard is broad and blunt in avertical plane or dimension,itis comparativelynarrow,thin, and pointedin respect to its horizontal dimension. This at once enables the nose ofthe guard to readily penetrate the grain, whileat the same time itprevents the nose or point of the elevating-guard from entering theground or piercing the cornstalks or other rubbish which would interferewith the operation.

. Both the upper and lower arms of the elevating-guard as a whole arepreferably made of malleable iron.

I claim I 1. In a harvester or like machine, the combination with afinger-guard and finger-bar, of an elevating-guard having a rigidunyielding lower or supporting arm provided with a pair of forks orstraps integral with said i a pair of forks or straps integral with saidlower or supporting arm and embracing the finger-guard and secured tothe finger-bar by a bolt passing through the finger-guard and both ofsaid forks or straps and an elevatingarm extending at an angle to thesupportingarm, said elevating-arm being pivoted to the supporting-armand having a'free upper end, substantially as specified.

3. In a harvester or like machine, the combination with a finger-guardand finger-bar, of an elevating-guard having a lower or supporting armprovided with a pair of forks or straps embracing the finger-guard andsecured to the finger-bar by a bolt passing through the finger-guard andboth of said forks or straps and an elevating-arm extending at an angleto the supporting-arm, said elevating-arm being pivoted to thesupporting-arm and provided with a lock-bolt extending longitudinally ofthe elevating-arm and engaging notches on the supporting-arm to adjustthe angle of the elevating-arn1,substantially as specified.

4. In a harvester or like machine, the combination with a finger-guardof an elevatingguard having a lower or supporting member and anelevating-arm pivotally connected to the supporting-arm, thesupporting-arm being provided with a series of notches, and theelevating-arm with a lock-bolt extending longitudinally of theelevating-arm, substantially as specified.

5. In a harvester or like machine, the combination with a finger-guard,of an elevatingguard having a lower or supporting member and anelevating-arm pivotally connected to the supporting-arm, thesupporting-arm being provided with a series of notches, and theelevating-arm with a lock-bolt extending longitudinally of theelevating-arm, and a spring for holding the lock-bolt in engagement withthe notches on the supporting-arm, substantially as specified.

6. In a harvester or like machine, the combination with a finger-guard,of an elevatingguard provided with a rigid, unyielding lower orsupporting arm having an incline or runner shape at its front end, andfurnished with a pair of forks or straps integral with saidsupporting-aru1 and embracing the finger-guard and secured to thefinger-bar by a bolt passing through the finger-guard and both forks orstraps of said supporting-arm, and an elevating-arm adjustably connectedto the supporting-arm, substantially as specified.

7. In a harvester or like machine, the combination with a finger-bar andfinger-guard, of an elevatinguard having a rigid, unyieldin'g lower orsupporting arm, and an elevating-arm adjustably secured thereto, saidsupporting-arm having a pair of forks or straps integral therewith andembracing the fingerguard and a bolt extending through both said forksor straps of the supporting-arm and the finger-guard and securing thesame to the finger-bar, substantially as specified.

S. In a harvester or like machine, the combination with a finger-guardof an elevatingguard having a lower or supporting arm provided with anupright notched rib or web and an elevating-arm pivotally connected tothe supporting-arm and having a slot to receive the notched rib or webon the supportingarm, and a spring catch or bolt engaging the notchedrib, substantially as specified.

WILLIAM M. WADLEIGH.

Witnesses:

II. M. MUNDAY, L. LINDAUER.

